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| Protests spread over Trump travel ban on Muslim majority countries – live | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 7.24pm GMT | |
| 19:24 | |
| McCain and Graham: Trump's travel ban helps terrorists | |
| Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham released a joint statement condemning the Trump’s travel ban executive order, declaring it “not properly vetted” and saying it will likely aide terrorist groups. | |
| The statement reads: | |
| Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders, but we must do so in a way that makes us safer and upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation. | |
| It is clear from the confusion at our airports across the nation that President Trump’s executive order was not properly vetted. We are particularly concerned by reports that this order went into effect with little to no consultation with the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security. | |
| Such a hasty process risks harmful results. We should not stop green-card holders from returning to the country they call home. We should not stop those who have served as interpreters for our military and diplomats from seeking refuge in the country they risked their lives to help. And we should not turn our backs on those refugees who have been shown through extensive vetting to pose no demonstrable threat to our nation, and who have suffered unspeakable horrors, most of them women and children. | |
| Ultimately, we fear this executive order will become a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism. At this very moment, American troops are fighting side-by-side with our Iraqi partners to defeat ISIL. But this executive order bans Iraqi pilots from coming to military bases in Arizona to fight our common enemies. Our most important allies in the fight against ISIL are the vast majority of Muslims who reject its apocalyptic ideology of hatred. This executive order sends a signal, intended or not, that America does not want Muslims coming into our country. That is why we fear this executive order may do more to help terrorist recruitment than improve our security. | |
| Updated | |
| at 7.24pm GMT | |
| 7.17pm GMT | |
| 19:17 | |
| This just in from Sabrina Siddiqui, a Guardian reporter at the DC protest: | |
| Shinee the dog, who is originally from Korea, is here to protest pic.twitter.com/750EpfueEG | |
| 7.11pm GMT | |
| 19:11 | |
| Thousands rally at anti-travel ban protests across the nation | |
| Thousands of people are now attending rallies in cities across the country. | |
| A rally in Battery Park, in lower Manhattan, New York City, has just begun: | |
| Lotta ppl at battery park #NoBanNoWall pic.twitter.com/P4R7NNIMls | |
| The official NYC subway account has been tweeting subway updates in anticipation of the large crowds: | |
| If you are heading to the protest at Battery Park, be sure to fill up your MetroCard before you go to avoid lines in crowded stations. | |
| Hundreds gather on the steps of the Rhode Island state house in Providence, RI. | |
| The crowd has grown in size here at RI State House pic.twitter.com/YdfO6tOQKy | |
| Boston’s Copley Square looks full: | |
| View from Sky 7 of the protest in Copley Square right now -- in opposition to President Trump's exec orders: pic.twitter.com/j0Gmn1zJty | |
| A crowd of a few hundred students have gathered to protest in the scenic grounds of the University of Virginia: | |
| Protest at the university of Virginia sponsored by the Minority Rights Coalition happening now #resist @ambiej pic.twitter.com/IFF6G5yt7t | |
| Large crowds also gathered outside the White House in DC: | |
| #nomuslimban rally in front of White House pic.twitter.com/wGmHEhvTCF | |
| Are you at a anti-travel ban rally? Please tweet photos, news and video from the rallies to me at @ambiej. | |
| 6.57pm GMT | |
| 18:57 | |
| Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy promises to introduce a bill to overturn Trump’s executive order this week, although since Congress and the Senate are both Republican controlled it has very little to no chance of passing. | |
| The law is clear. The #MuslimBan is illegal. I will introduce a bill this week to immediately overturn this dangerous, hateful order. | |
| 6.39pm GMT | 6.39pm GMT |
| 18:39 | 18:39 |
| The president of Columbia University, Lee Bollinger, emailed all staff and students of the university last night speaking out against Trump’s travel ban, noting the impact it will have on the academic community. While it seems no Columbia University staff have been caught up so far, many other academics and students from other universities have been amongst those stopped from entering. | The president of Columbia University, Lee Bollinger, emailed all staff and students of the university last night speaking out against Trump’s travel ban, noting the impact it will have on the academic community. While it seems no Columbia University staff have been caught up so far, many other academics and students from other universities have been amongst those stopped from entering. |
| In the email published at Columbia Spectator, Bollinger wrote: | In the email published at Columbia Spectator, Bollinger wrote: |
| An estimated 17,000 international students in the U.S. are from the seven nations covered by the entry ban. Scholars planning to travel to the United States for meetings and conferences at our colleges and universities will effectively be barred from attending. If this order stands, there is the certainty of a profound impact on our University community, which is committed to welcoming students, faculty, and staff from around the world, as well as across the nation. | An estimated 17,000 international students in the U.S. are from the seven nations covered by the entry ban. Scholars planning to travel to the United States for meetings and conferences at our colleges and universities will effectively be barred from attending. If this order stands, there is the certainty of a profound impact on our University community, which is committed to welcoming students, faculty, and staff from around the world, as well as across the nation. |
| As I have said on many occasions, it is critically important that the University, as such, not take stands on ideological or political issues. Yet it is also true that the University, as an institution in the society, must step forward to object when policies and state action conflict with its fundamental values, and especially when they bespeak purposes and a mentality that are at odds with our basic mission. This is such a case. | As I have said on many occasions, it is critically important that the University, as such, not take stands on ideological or political issues. Yet it is also true that the University, as an institution in the society, must step forward to object when policies and state action conflict with its fundamental values, and especially when they bespeak purposes and a mentality that are at odds with our basic mission. This is such a case. |
| 6.30pm GMT | 6.30pm GMT |
| 18:30 | 18:30 |
| Alice Ross | Alice Ross |
| Reporter Alice Ross has been speaking to people affected by the travel ban, and people suddenly being cut off from those they love is a recurrent theme. | Reporter Alice Ross has been speaking to people affected by the travel ban, and people suddenly being cut off from those they love is a recurrent theme. |
| She spoke to a gay US citizen who was tantalizingly close to being able to bring his Iranian fiancé to the US: | She spoke to a gay US citizen who was tantalizingly close to being able to bring his Iranian fiancé to the US: |
| I am a US citizen by birth and a gay male. When travelling in Iran as a tourist I met a Kurdish Iranian, also a gay male and we fell in love. I applied for a K1 Fiancé Visa and my petition was approved. Last November we travelled to Turkey where my fiancé had his interview at the US Embassy in Ankara. After two months of processing and vetting the visa was approved three days before President Trump took office. | I am a US citizen by birth and a gay male. When travelling in Iran as a tourist I met a Kurdish Iranian, also a gay male and we fell in love. I applied for a K1 Fiancé Visa and my petition was approved. Last November we travelled to Turkey where my fiancé had his interview at the US Embassy in Ankara. After two months of processing and vetting the visa was approved three days before President Trump took office. |
| When I heard the news about the executive order, I wanted to vomit. If my fiancé stays in Iran he will never be able to live freely and could be executed for his sexual orientation. | When I heard the news about the executive order, I wanted to vomit. If my fiancé stays in Iran he will never be able to live freely and could be executed for his sexual orientation. |
| Our concern is that we’re going to miss the window of opportunity to get the visa - we only have until mid-April - which would mean we’d have to begin the process all over again. It’s so frustrating because we thought we’d made it, that we’d actually succeeded in demonstrating to the government that we had a legitimate relationship… | Our concern is that we’re going to miss the window of opportunity to get the visa - we only have until mid-April - which would mean we’d have to begin the process all over again. It’s so frustrating because we thought we’d made it, that we’d actually succeeded in demonstrating to the government that we had a legitimate relationship… |
| We were celebrating. We were to meet in Istanbul in March, send his passport to the embassy to get the visa, and enjoy some time together in Turkey before he finishes his Masters. Then he was going to fly here and it was going to be a happy ever after kind of story. And now the whole bottom has dropped out of everything. | We were celebrating. We were to meet in Istanbul in March, send his passport to the embassy to get the visa, and enjoy some time together in Turkey before he finishes his Masters. Then he was going to fly here and it was going to be a happy ever after kind of story. And now the whole bottom has dropped out of everything. |
| 6.19pm GMT | 6.19pm GMT |
| 18:19 | 18:19 |
| An Iranian-born BBC reporter is currently stuck in immigration in Chicago airport, and is posting updates on Twitter about being taken to a waiting room. | An Iranian-born BBC reporter is currently stuck in immigration in Chicago airport, and is posting updates on Twitter about being taken to a waiting room. |
| The border offices has not mentioned anything just invited me to a waiting room and took away my passport. Waiting... | The border offices has not mentioned anything just invited me to a waiting room and took away my passport. Waiting... |
| يك خانم با پاسپورت ايراني و گرين كارت هم اينجاست. An Iranian lady is also here. Iranian passport and green card | يك خانم با پاسپورت ايراني و گرين كارت هم اينجاست. An Iranian lady is also here. Iranian passport and green card |
| 6.17pm GMT | 6.17pm GMT |
| 18:17 | 18:17 |
| Boston anti-travel ban rally begins with huge crowds | Boston anti-travel ban rally begins with huge crowds |
| Hundreds of people already in Copley Square, Boston, for a rally against the travel ban executive order. | Hundreds of people already in Copley Square, Boston, for a rally against the travel ban executive order. |
| From a WBUR (Boston’s NPR affiliate) reporter: | From a WBUR (Boston’s NPR affiliate) reporter: |
| Copley Square in Boston, marching against POTUS' exec order on immigration ban. # pic.twitter.com/soat8ab3Y9 | Copley Square in Boston, marching against POTUS' exec order on immigration ban. # pic.twitter.com/soat8ab3Y9 |
| From a Boston Globe reporter: | From a Boston Globe reporter: |
| Orange Line is packed as Bostonians head to protest Trump's #MuslimBan. pic.twitter.com/BdVUMXmWFj | Orange Line is packed as Bostonians head to protest Trump's #MuslimBan. pic.twitter.com/BdVUMXmWFj |
| A local TV network is flying over the rally, with live video showing huge crowds and packed streets. The rally started at 1pm. | A local TV network is flying over the rally, with live video showing huge crowds and packed streets. The rally started at 1pm. |
| 6.03pm GMT | 6.03pm GMT |
| 18:03 | 18:03 |
| Earlier on Sunday Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway falsely told Fox News Sunday that Saturday night’s stay decision by a New York federal judge “doesn’t really affect the executive order”. | Earlier on Sunday Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway falsely told Fox News Sunday that Saturday night’s stay decision by a New York federal judge “doesn’t really affect the executive order”. |
| “The judge in Brooklyn, the Obama appointee judge in Brooklyn’s stay of order really doesn’t affect the executive order at all, because the executive order is meant to be prospective,” she told host Chris Wallace. | “The judge in Brooklyn, the Obama appointee judge in Brooklyn’s stay of order really doesn’t affect the executive order at all, because the executive order is meant to be prospective,” she told host Chris Wallace. |
| “It’s preventing not detaining,” she said. | “It’s preventing not detaining,” she said. |
| Not all aspects of the executive order are covered by the Brooklyn judge’s decision, but it does stop deportations. | Not all aspects of the executive order are covered by the Brooklyn judge’s decision, but it does stop deportations. |
| She also said she understood what it was like to be stopped at airports but that it was a small price to pay for national security. | She also said she understood what it was like to be stopped at airports but that it was a small price to pay for national security. |
| “I was stopped many times ... after 9/11,” she said. “I didn’t resemble, or share a name with, or be part of any kind of terrorist conspiracy, but this is what we do to keep a nation safe.” | “I was stopped many times ... after 9/11,” she said. “I didn’t resemble, or share a name with, or be part of any kind of terrorist conspiracy, but this is what we do to keep a nation safe.” |
| Just remember that Conway is a blonde white US-born American woman. | Just remember that Conway is a blonde white US-born American woman. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.36pm GMT | at 6.36pm GMT |
| 5.39pm GMT | 5.39pm GMT |
| 17:39 | 17:39 |
| Nesrine Malik | Nesrine Malik |
| Nesrine Malik, a Sudanese-born writer who lives in London, writes about the personal impact of the travel ban: | Nesrine Malik, a Sudanese-born writer who lives in London, writes about the personal impact of the travel ban: |
| I now cannot travel to the US, a country I visit frequently and in which I have work interests, close family and dear friends. It is a curious feeling, a new feeling. One that collapses space-time and connects you to all those before you who have found themselves on the ugly end of a collective insanity. It is a feeling that rocks the very ground on which you thought we all stood. | I now cannot travel to the US, a country I visit frequently and in which I have work interests, close family and dear friends. It is a curious feeling, a new feeling. One that collapses space-time and connects you to all those before you who have found themselves on the ugly end of a collective insanity. It is a feeling that rocks the very ground on which you thought we all stood. |
| Suddenly, all certainties look shaky. Residencies, passports, green cards, jobs, mortgages, friends, marriages – all the things you thought fortified you against the mobilisation of state machinery – dissolve. You are only a Muslim. And what does that mean? It is a tag that defies definition, becoming more elusive the more you try to pin it down. I was reminded of a scene from a dramatisation of Roots author Alex Haley’s life, when he, dressed proudly in his US Coast Guard uniform and sporting his medals, confidently asks for a hotel room for the night for him and his wife. When he is refused one for being black, he returns to his car enraged – not at those who denied him but at himself for thinking he was exempt. “All they saw was a monkey.” | Suddenly, all certainties look shaky. Residencies, passports, green cards, jobs, mortgages, friends, marriages – all the things you thought fortified you against the mobilisation of state machinery – dissolve. You are only a Muslim. And what does that mean? It is a tag that defies definition, becoming more elusive the more you try to pin it down. I was reminded of a scene from a dramatisation of Roots author Alex Haley’s life, when he, dressed proudly in his US Coast Guard uniform and sporting his medals, confidently asks for a hotel room for the night for him and his wife. When he is refused one for being black, he returns to his car enraged – not at those who denied him but at himself for thinking he was exempt. “All they saw was a monkey.” |
| Read the rest here. | Read the rest here. |
| 5.36pm GMT | 5.36pm GMT |
| 17:36 | 17:36 |
| Kim Kardashian, who backed Hillary Clinton during the election, is also getting politically involved with the travel ban by tweeting statistics to her 49 million followers. | Kim Kardashian, who backed Hillary Clinton during the election, is also getting politically involved with the travel ban by tweeting statistics to her 49 million followers. |
| Statistics pic.twitter.com/aSpyFuabct | Statistics pic.twitter.com/aSpyFuabct |
| 5.31pm GMT | 5.31pm GMT |
| 17:31 | 17:31 |
| From Guardian US data editor Mona Chalabi: | From Guardian US data editor Mona Chalabi: |
| 5.24pm GMT | 5.24pm GMT |
| 17:24 | 17:24 |
| John McCain: "very concerned" travel ban helps Isis | John McCain: "very concerned" travel ban helps Isis |
| Senator John McCain spoke publicly about his concern that Trump’s travel ban could aid Islamic State by giving it more reasons to encourage its supporters to fight against the US. | Senator John McCain spoke publicly about his concern that Trump’s travel ban could aid Islamic State by giving it more reasons to encourage its supporters to fight against the US. |
| “I think the effect will probably in some areas give Isis some more propaganda,” McCain said in an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation. | “I think the effect will probably in some areas give Isis some more propaganda,” McCain said in an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation. |
| McCain, chair of the Senate armed services committee and a Republican from Arizona, added that he was “very concerned about our effect on the Iraqis right now”. | McCain, chair of the Senate armed services committee and a Republican from Arizona, added that he was “very concerned about our effect on the Iraqis right now”. |
| He noted that former CIA director David Petraeus is “very concerned” for local translators who worked for the US military, who often do the job specifically in the hope of receiving a visa to the US. | He noted that former CIA director David Petraeus is “very concerned” for local translators who worked for the US military, who often do the job specifically in the hope of receiving a visa to the US. |
| After the travel ban, a former military translator, Iraqi Hameed Khalid Darweesh, was among those stopped at JFK airport this weekend and initially refused entry. | After the travel ban, a former military translator, Iraqi Hameed Khalid Darweesh, was among those stopped at JFK airport this weekend and initially refused entry. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.33pm GMT | at 6.33pm GMT |
| 5.07pm GMT | 5.07pm GMT |
| 17:07 | 17:07 |
| With thousands expected at protests around the country against Trump’s executive order... | With thousands expected at protests around the country against Trump’s executive order... |
| Movie update! Trump will be hosting staff and family in the White House Family Theater this afternoon for a screening of Finding Dory. | Movie update! Trump will be hosting staff and family in the White House Family Theater this afternoon for a screening of Finding Dory. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.13pm GMT | at 6.13pm GMT |
| 4.58pm GMT | 4.58pm GMT |
| 16:58 | 16:58 |
| Wondering if your senator backs or criticizes the travel ban executive order? | Wondering if your senator backs or criticizes the travel ban executive order? |
| This Google document shows listssenators alphabetically, noting whether they have opposed or remained silent to the ban, any link or public statement about it and the dates they will be up for re-election. | This Google document shows listssenators alphabetically, noting whether they have opposed or remained silent to the ban, any link or public statement about it and the dates they will be up for re-election. |
| It also includes contact information, such as their office address, phone number and online contact details. | It also includes contact information, such as their office address, phone number and online contact details. |
| The document shows, for example, Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona, a Republican, has spoken out publicly against the ban, while Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, has made no statement. | The document shows, for example, Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona, a Republican, has spoken out publicly against the ban, while Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, has made no statement. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.14pm GMT | at 6.14pm GMT |